Japan 1 Cameroon 0 & Italy 1 Paraguay 1

I didn't get to see either of these games. However, from all accounts, I didn't miss much in the first of the two, Japan winning 1-0 thanks to a Keisuke Honda goal after 38 minutes; the fact that they only had 3 shots on goal in the entire game tells you something. The second game ended 1-1. Paraguay had taken the lead thanks to a header from Antolin Alacaraz, who got onto the end of an Aureliano Torres free-kick after 39 minutes. Italy's equalizer came from another goalkeeping blunder. Simone Pepe whipped in a corner from the left, goalkeeper Justo Villar completely missed his punch away and Daniele De Rossi bundle the ball in from close range. Apparently, on reflection 1-1 was a fair result.